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CASSVULE. GEORGIA:
Thursday, April 22, 1852.
We iovitc the especial attention
of oar readers to the advertisements of
Messrs. S. D. Everett A Co., Cal
houn, Ga.; Joseph Whiston, Earles’
Furnace ; Patton & Trimble, Adairs ,
ville ; and bespeak for them individual
ly and collectively, a liberal patronage.
Supreme Court
This body is in session at Casaville, at
the time of our going to press. Several
important cases have already lieen deter
mined by tbeir Honors. Judge Lumpkin
and Warner. Judge Nisbet is absent,
on account of sickness, we learn. W.
H. Hull, Esq acting as Reporter, and
Dr. R. E. Martin, Clerk. The body
will adjourn this morning.
Death of Judge Meriwether.
It is with painful regret, we announce
the decease of this gentleman. We
learn that be died at his residence, in
Katonton, on Saturday last, after a brief
bet severe illness. His disease was Ty
phoid Pneumonia. Judge Meriwether
has been a public man for many years,
and has filled several posts of honor in
his State. He was elected at a member
of Confess from this State, and, subse
quently, Judge of the Superior Court
for this Circuit, and Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the last
Legislature.—Federal Union.
The Columbians'.
By reference to our advertising col
umns, it will bo observed that this dis
tinguished troupe will give one of their
Concerts in our Village this evening.—
The voice o* the piess every where is
beard iu their praise, and we doubt not
they richly merit alt that has been said
in their favour. The Griffin Jeffersoni
an speaking of the Columbians, says :
“ This is a family of vocalists from
the great west, who come to us recom
mended in the highest terms, from the
best sources. In a late conversation
with tho Rev. Dr. Hoyt, of Athens, a
gentleman of superior taste and endow
ments, he spoke of the vocal powers of
this family with rapture, and not only
of their proficiency in music, but also of
their refined manners and amiable de
portment. With this and other sterling
testimonials of their ability and worth,
wo can safely recommend them to a mu
sic-loving public.”
Godey’s Lady’s Book.
The May number of Godoy is before
us—and what can be said in its praise.
We have heretofore exhausted the whole
vocabulary of good names for it, and the
number for May is ahead of any of its
predecessors. Call and examine it.—
Godey and the Standard one year 04 00.
Thomas Singletary.
This veteran typo has again made bis
appearance at our office, and after re
maining with us for a few days has set
out on his wanderings. He is a good,
clever fellow, and meets with the kind
est offices the craft can bestow on him as
he goes along. He is the oldest travel-
ling jour, known to the fraternity, and
we bespeak for him a friendly reception
from all the brotherhood with whom be
may meet.
The Convention.
The delegates appointed by the Union
party to consult as to its future policy
will meet to-day for that purpose, and we
will gjive our readers next week, a full
account of their proceedings.
Various surmises have been made as
to the result of that convention. Some
think it will break up in a row, others
that there will bo a final separation, by
common consent, of the two wings of the
party. We do not believe either of
these conjectures will prove true. The
Union party was formed for a noble and
patriotic purpose; end we believe the
delegates assembled will harmoniously
agree to some policy that mil engraft
our principles upon those of that great
Rational party which has ever and which
will continue to regard the interests and
rights of the South. So mote it ba.
Young America vo Old Fogey-
Ism.
Of all the humbugs this country ever
knew or hbud of. the recent attempt to
get up eteam for Stephen A. Douglass,
by the ** Young America” party » Per
haps the greatest. We have no patience
with «uh stuff—let us «X be eompelled
U put, aside the great men of our coun
try, (caHtag them ** Old Fogaya M ) end
to supplest them with “ Young Ameri
ca”'Douglas, or Mf body else, who has
not ribsr, tad batter alaima to nmoa-
mend him. We have no objection to
putting yonng men forward where they
deserve promotion; bat we say away with
such humbuggery as this cry of “Yonng
Ameatica.”
If this question should be pressed on
ns, we wish it distinctly understood tbat
we are on the ride of the “ Old Fogeys.”
A Northern Democrat.
We cheerfully copy tbo following ex
tracts from a speech delivered in Con
gress, on tbs 31st ult. by Mr. C. M. In-
gersoll, of Connecticut, a member of
the House of Representatives, and com
mend them to the careful reading of men
wbo believe, or appear to believe, that
there are no sound men at the North :
“ I have no sympathy with abolition
agitation, or what, iu (be parlance of the
Buffalo Convention, gees by the name
of free-soil agitation ; and I believe the
intelligent people whom I represent a-
gree with me in the views I entertain of
its effects. I stand not here to arraign
the motives of men, much less to ques
tion the honest iotentions of those, ma
ny of them, at least, wbo uphold politi
cians in the war they are covertly ma
king upon the institutions and the peace
of the country. But when the Democ
racy of the North, in (heir efforts to pre
serve inviolate the constitutional rights
of tbo States, are told here, as we were
the other day by the honorable member
from Massachusetts, [Mr. Rantoul,]
that they are “ eating Southern dirt,” 1
take this occasion to say, tbat my democ
racy teaches me no fellowship, political
ly. with agitators who scarcely merit the
rebuke of an offending people, which, in
times gonejby, foil upon the head of Ar
nold, and the whiter head of Aaron
Burr.”
Here is another:
“ Sir, the efforts of the class of politi
cians just spoken of point to but one is
sue, and that the rule of ruin of this Un-
; and with such an issue before me,
shall I hesitate where to stand ? No, sir.
Give me the Union as it is, rather than
what goes by the name of liberty witb
anarchy and civil war the result. Give
me the “ E Pluribus Unum” which I
now lire under, rather than the "Liber
ty, Equality, and Fraternity” of a licen
tious French Republic.”
Here is another which will apply well
to a class of politicians in this latitude,
who have no fears for the Union :
“But, sir, I know I may bo met here
with the cry of these agita'ors, that there
is no danger of dissolution ;—it is a part
of the policy of these sentinels “ on the
watch-tower of freedom,” while they ap
ply the torch, to cry, “ All’s wellbut
who, sir, tbat has listened to the facts
which have come out in the debates up
on this floor, at this session, of the hon
orable members from Mississippi, can
for a moment doubt it ? Why, sir, tbe
very fact that men talk of secession, is
enough to rouse tbe patriot to bis sense
of duty—is sufficient to warn us of tbe
volcano which is under our feet Let
us pause for a moment, and see by con
trast where we stand. During tbe late
war witb Great Britain, a convention of
tbe New England Statos met at Hart
ford—tbat convention, it is well known,
sat with closed doors, and the seal of se
crecy was put upon its members. It
was, in my opinion, as unwarthv a con
clave as ever met together; and l blush
for my native State, that it was ever per
mitted to bold its sittings within the bor
ders of Connec'icut. What was tbe ob
ject of that convention ? Nothing was
positively known at the time, but suspi
cion—that suspicion which, as* Randolph
once said on a memorable occasion, is of
ten "more than equal to tbe most dam
ning proof,” proclaimed tbat it met to
take measures for the secession of the
New England States for tbe Union.—
You know, sir, how tht public mind re
ceived this startling news, and the bit
ter and well-merited indignation which
went up from all parts of the Union a-
gainst this treasonable assemblage. Sir,
tbe rebuke of an insulted people follow
ed its members to their graves, not one
of whom hardly dared present himself af
terwards to the people for their suffra
ges. Suppose, sir, tbat at that time,
any one had predicted tbat in less than
a half century secession would be openly
advocated ; wbo doubts but that be would
have been considered, if not a traitor to
his country, at least a fit subject for the
lunatic asylum ?
We close our notice of this noble
speech with the following extract:
" Mr. Chairman, tbs peopls of the
North have not, nntil of late, aroused
themselves to a knowledge of tbe rain
which has threatened the Union. Im
mersed in business, and bent on the par-
saita of honest gain, they have been un
mindful of the danger which has sur
rounded them ; while designing men and
politicians, with selfish ends, have been
sporting with the institutions of the coun
try, like a child with a bauble. Tbe po
litical question of slavery in the States
or in the Territories, the. Federal Gov
ernment has nothiag, in my opinion, to
do with. If I, finding the culture of to-
baceo unprofitable, choose to plant my
field with corn, I have no right to dee-
troy my neighbor's field, or abase him.
because he continues to plant a weed
whieh, in my opinion, forced upon me
by my own experience, it destroying his
land, and which, in its effects, has an in
fluence upon the health ofthe communi
ty around ns. No more right haa the
State of Conneetieut to say to South
Carolina, Your slave labor is unprofita
ble ; we have found it an, therefore you
most abolish it. If I and say friend
from Virginia an owners of a tract of
land, which he aod I contributed to pur
chase. I have no exclusive right to tell
him how that land shall be cultivated or
managed, nor has he that right over me;
and so it is with the Territories belong
ing to this Government—it le not in the
power of the Federal Government to say
that Coaueetioat may go into thsmwsth
her factory mills, aud that Virginia can
not enter them with her property.
California.
The following extracts from a letter of
Dr. Wm. Bacon, in California, so well
known in various parts of Georgia as a
miner of considerable experience, may
be acceptable to many, and profitable to
some of oar readers:
" Centerville, Nevada Co , )
February 20, 1852. [
“ This is a country of rapid changes,
almost like magic. When I wro e last I
spoke favorably of my friends in Georgia
sending tbeir surplus capital to be vested
in tbe hands of prudent agents, I would
now in the most positire manner, say.
hands off from California and California
stocks. I presume yon have seen tbe
letters of Mr- and Mr
written from this country. They are not
only visionary, but perfectly frantic on
the subject of quartz and quartx-mining.
You know tbat I have spent the last
eight years of my life in mining, and
must, in tbat time, hare learned some
thing of the business. From what I
have seen aod know, I should say that
the qunrtz in this county may be quoted
as worth $20 per ton, and all these vis
ionary letter-writers most soon acknowl
edge it. Still there are small veins much
" When I wrote last, there were some
eight or ten crushing mills in this val
ley (Grass valley.) since then. I have
no doubt tbat three hundred thousand
dollars have been added to the mining
capital, aud many of tbe new agents are
giving more gold for rocks than it con
tains. • * * * And for tho love
of humanity, when you see or hear of
any man coming to this country expeting
to make money by daily labor, tell him
to 6tay where be is, and lend tbe money
which he wonld expend in coming here,
and be will be better off in five years —
The Placer diggings are entirely exhaus
ted, and there are thousands strolling a-
bout tbe country, bunting employment.
One month since, laborers could get $5
per day, and now it is difficult to get $3,
and one mouth more, I think, will estab
lish wages at $2. This is all well for
tbe capitalists, and is what tbeir hired
letter-writers are aiming at. I feel it
my duty to raise my voice against such
trickery. • * • * This country
is filled with sharpers, and humbuggeiy
is tbe order of the day.
Y»urs, most truly,
WM. BACON.
From the Journal & Messenger.
Messrs. Editors:—I desire to present
to your readers tbe following analysis of
the vote on the Resolutions of Messrs
Jackson and Hiliyer, with a few infer
ences therefrom.
Jackson’s Resolution reads as follows:
Resolved, Tbat we recognize the bind
ing efficaey of the compromises of the
Constitution, and believe it to be tbe in
tention of the people generally, as we
hereby declare it to be ours individually,
to abide such compromises, and to sus
tain tbe laws necessary to carry them
out—the provision for tbe delivery of fu
gitive slaves, and the act of tbo last Con
gress for that purpose included—aod
that we deprecate all farther agitation of
questions growing out of tbat provision,
or the questions embraced in tbe acts of
the last Congress known as the Compro
mise, and of questions generally connect
ed with the institution of slavery, as un
necessary, useless, and dangerous.
On this Resolution, the vote stood
thus:
YEAS.
Northern Democrats. —Messrs. Al
ien, Busby, Clark, Curtis. Davis. Daw M'S Southern Democrat*, and thirty-
eon, Dunham, Ficklin, Fitch, Florence,
Culler, Gamble, Gorman, Hart, Hend
ricks, Henn, Hibbard, Ingersoll, Kurtz,
Lockhart, Marshall, McCorkle, McDon
ald, Murray, Peaslee, Priee, Richardson,
Robbins, Jr., Robinson, Ross, David L.
Seymour. Origin S. Seymour, Abrabam
P. Stevens, Stewart. Sutherland—35.
Soutaern Democrats.—Thomas H.
Bailey, Bacock, Bragg, Breckenridge,
Brown, Caskie, Cobb, Daniel, Edmond
son, Faulkner, Freeman, Hall, Hamil
ton, Hammond, Hiliyer, Houston, How
ard, Joseph W. Jackson, Andrew John
son, James Johnson, Jones, Letcher,
Mason, McMullen, Meade, Nabors,
Penn, Phillips, Polk, Riddle, Savage,
Scurry, Smith, Frederick P. Stanton,
Richard H. Stanton, Stone, St. Martin,
Thompson, Venable, Wilcox—40.
Northern Whigs —Messrs. Apple-
ton, Brooks, Hawes, Haven, F. S. Mar
tin. Parker, Schemerhom—7.
Southern Whigs —Messrs. Bowie,
Cabell, Deckery, Ewing. Gentry. Gray,
Landry, H. Marshall, Miller, Moore,
Outlaw. Strother, Alex. White, Will
iams, Watkins, Ward, A. White, (Ky.)
Walsh—19.
HATS.
Northern Democrats. Messrs.
Bartlett, Bnel, James Cable, T. Camp
bell. Dean. James D. Doty, Charles
Durkee, Eastman, Edgerton. Floyd,
Gaylord, Grow, Ives, Jenkins John
Johnson. D. F. Jones, Preston King,
Maloney. Robert Rantoul, Jr., Smart,
Stratton, Sweetxer—22.
Southern Democrats—Messrs. Wm.
Aiken, Ashe, Averett. David J. Bailey,
Hoiliday. John McQueen, Millson, Jas
L. Orr, Powell, Wallace, Woodward—
11.
Northern Whigs.—Messrs. Allison.
Brentoa, G. H. Brown, Lewis D. Camp
bell, Chapman, Conger, Fowler, Goede-
now, Goodrich, Harper, T. M. Howe,
Hosford, Kahns, Horace Mann, Meaeb-
em. Miner, Newton, Penniman, Perkins,
Saekett, Schoolcraft. Sobndder, Benja
min 8taatoo,Benjamin Thompson, Tuck,
Walbridge. Washburn. Wells. Yates,
Barrera—30.
Southern Whig -—Thomas L C ling-
man.
Hiliyer'a amendment is as follows:
Resolved, That the series of net* pas
sed daring the foot session of the thirty-
first Coogrera. known as the Compro
mise, are regarded as a final adjustment
and a pe-maoeat aettiemeat of tbe ques
tions therein embraced, nod sfaoald be
maintained nod exeented as such.
And the vote on it stands that:
len, Busby, Clark, Cortfe. Davis, Daw
son. Dean. Dunham, Ficklin, Fitch,
Florence. Fuller,Gamble, Gorman, Hart,
Hendricks, Henn, Ingersoll. Kurts,
Lockhart, Edward C. Marshall, Mc
Corkle. McDoniM. Murray. Peaslee,
Price, Richardaii#, t Bobi«n. BobtTmson,
Ross. D. L Seymour. O S Seymour.
Abrabam P. Stevens, Stewart, Suther
land—36.
Southern Democrats —Thomas H.
Bayley, Breckenridge. Cobb, Edmond
son, Freeman, Hall, Hamilton, Ham
mond. Hiliyer, Houston. Howard, Jack-
son. Andrew Johnson, James Johnson,
G W. Jones. Letcher. Mason, McMul
len, Nabors, Penn, Polk, Biddle, Sav-
age. Scurry, Smith, F. P- Stanton, R.
H. Stanton, Stone, St. Martin, Tbomp-'
son, Wilcox—31.
Northern Whigs —Messrs. Appleton,
Brooks. G. H. Brown, Chandler. Haws.
Haven, Kuhns, F. S. Martin, Parker,
Sfchertnerborn, Yates—11.
Southern Whigs—Messrs. Bowie,
Cabell, Dockery, Ewing. Faulkner,
Gentry, Grey, Landry, H. Marshall,
Miller, Moore, Morehead, Outlaw, Por
ter. Stanly. Strother. Walsh, Ward,
Watkins. Addison White, Alexander
White. WiUiama—22.
NAYS.
Northern Democrats —Messrs. Bu-
el. Bartlett, Cable, T. Campbell, Doty,
Durkee. Eastman, Edgerton, Floyd,
Gaylord, Grow, Ives, Jenkins, John
Johnson, D. T. Jones, King, Maloney,
Rantoul, Smart, Sweetxer—20.
Southern Democrats —Aiken, Ashe,
Averett, David J. Bailey, Bocock,
Bragg, Caskie, Daniel, Holliday, Mc
Queen, Meade, Millson, Orr, Venable,
Wallace, Woodward, Powell—17.
Northern Whigs.—Allison, Bren-
ton, L. D. Campbell. Chapman, Conger,
Fowler. Goodenow, Goodrich, Harper,
Hosford, How. Mann, Meachem, Miner,
Newton, Penniman, Perkins, Saekett,
Schoolcraft, Scudder, B. Stanton, B.
Thompson, Tuck. Walbridge,Washburn,
Wells, Barrera—27..
Southern Whig.*—Thomas L. Cling-
man. f ; 1
I propose to call the attention of your
readers to some faets exhibited by these
votes, and to leave every one to make
his own comments, and draw his own
conclusions.
1st. It appears that the resolutions
were supported by the Northern Demo
crats in the proportion of nearly two to
one
2nd. That the Northern Whigs voted
against tbe same resolutions nearly in
the proportion of three to one.
3rd. That tbo Union Democrats of
the South, and the Southern Whigs vo
ted witb the great body of the Democra
cy, in favour of these resolutions.
4th. Tbat the Secessionists ere found
voting with Northern Freesoilersand Ab
olitionists against the resolutions.
5tb. Tbe position of our immediate
representative, Col. Bailey, is worthy of
special notice. He has professed to be
in " full fellowship” with tbe Democra
cy at Washington. Look at bis vote,
and you will see the kind of people he
is in “ full fellowship” with. His name
is recorded witb eleven Southern Seces
sionists, and twenty-four Free-soil Dem
ocrats on one vote, and seventeen Se
cessionists, and twenty-two Free-soii
Democrats on the other. What will the
true Democrats of Georgia say to this
full fellowship of their Southern Rights
Representative ? On the otheT hand, the
names of Col. Jackson, and tbe Union
Democrats of Georgia, are recorded witb
jive Northern national Democrats, on
the one vote, and with tbirty-two South
ern Democrats and thirty-five national
Democrats on the other. I leave it witb
any honest man to Bay, wbo of these rep
resentatives is in “fullfellowship” with
tbe Democracy—Col. Bailey, or Col.
Jackson and the Union Democrats?'
Col. Bailey and Col. Jackson are thus
arrayed against eaeh other on this vital
issue. And tbe question is presented to
every Southern Bights man to determine.
Will you follow Col. Bailey into the as
sociation of Southern Secessionists and
Northern Free-soilers ? or, will you fol
low Col. Jaekson into tbe association
with Union and National Democrats ?
The late^Southern Rights Convention
at Milledgeville has virtually derided in
advance, in favor of tbe Bailey lead.—
Wbat will the honest masses say and do?
As Mr. Ritchie would say. “ Nous ver-
rons.” TOWALIGA.
Gen. Cass and the Compromise.
The communication signed " Yonng
America,” which appears in onr columns
to-day,* is admitted in deference to the
wishes of tbe very respectable gentleman
wbo offers it. We cannot think tbat
there is any intelligent person in onr
country, having access to tbe course of
political events for the last four years,
who can entertain a thought that the dis
tinguished senator from Michigan is not
completely identified with tbe national
democracy in his support of the Compro
mise. end esperielly of the fugitive slave
portion of it. His powerful argument
against tbe Wilmot proviso has contribu
ted, perhaps more than ell other causes,
to the overthrow of the party which
sought to array the North against tbe
South on tbe subject of slavery; and it
is therefor.- but natural tbat he sbonld
be tbe object of special dislike on the
part of those fanatic* wbo are yet labor
ing to make tbe presidential election turn
on an influence not only sectional, bat
avowedly hostile to the Constitution and
tho Union — Union.
*We shall pobbfa the communication re*
fared to above in the next snmber et the
TEAS.
Kbacnas Democrat* —Mem*.
0Tbe second number of the “North
American Miscellany and Dollar Maga-
mae,” has noma to hand for this month.
Any of onr readers ean sea a copy of this
book by calling at ear offiet. It well
• liberal patronage. Angell,
fab ; Engel A Hewitt, New York.
The Tex Lew.
The following is tbe Tax Act adopted
by tbe last legislature, whieh re-publish
at the request of may of onr patrons:
AN A CT to levy and collect a Tax for
eaeh of the political years 1862 and
1853. and thereafter, until repealed.
See. 1. That from nod after the pas
sage of this act, all real and personal es
tate within this State, whether owned by
individuals or corporations, resident or
non-resident, shall be liable to taxation,
subject to the exemption berein-after
specified.
Sec. 2. That the terms "real estate,”
used in this act, shall be construed to
include land itself, all buildings or oth
er articles ereeted upon, or affixed to
the same; all mines, minerals, fossils
and quarries in and under the same, ex
cept mines belonging to tbe State, and
the term " personal estate,” as need in
this act, shall be construed to include all
chattels, moniesdebts doe from solvent
debtors, wbetber^on note, bill, draft judg
ment or mortgage, or open accounts,
goods, wares anJ merchandise, capita!
invested in shipping or tonage, or capi
tal otherwise invested, negro slaves, plea
sure carriages, public stocks, and stocks
in monied corporations; also inch por
tion of the capital of incorporated com
panies liable to taxation on their capital
as shall not be invested in real or per
sonal estate.
Sec. 3. Tbat the following property
shall be exempted from taxation, to-wit:
Ail exempted from taxation, by tbe Con
stitution of the State or of tbe United
States, every building ereeted for the
use of and used by a college, incorpora
ted academy or other seminary of learn
ing, every building'for public worship,
every school house, court house, and
jail, and tbe several lots whereon soeh
buildings are situated, and all the furni
ture belonging to each of them, all books
and philosophical apparatus not held as
merchandise, and for tbe purpose of sale,
every poor house, alms bouse of indus
try, and any boose belonging to any
charitable institution, or connected with
the same, tbe real and personal estate of
any public library, and other literary as
sociations, all stocks owned by tbe State
and by literary and charitable institu
tions, also all plantation aad mechanical
tools, all household and kitchen furni
ture not above the value of three hun
dred dollars, not held for tbe purpose of
sale, or as merchandise, libraries—all
poultry and $200 value of other proper
ty belonging to each tax payer, and also
the annual crops and provisions of the
citizens of this State, and all fire arms
and other instruments, and all munitions
of war not held as merchandize, weariog
apparel of the tax payer and family, and
the bolder or owner of stock in any in
corporated company liable to taxation on
its capital shall not be taxed as an indi
vidual for such stocks.
Sec. 4. That all lands held under
warrants, and surveyed, but not granted
by the State, shall be liable to taxation
in tbe same manner as if actually grant
ed.
See. 5- Tbat all monied or stock cor
porations deriving income or profit from
their capital or otherwise, except as be
fore excepted, shall be liable to taxation.
Sec. 6. That each and every free per
son of color in this State between the
ages of eighteen and fifty shall be taxed
annually tbe sum of five dollars.
Sec. 7. Tbat the sum of five dollars
shall be levied upon all practitioners of
Law or Physic or Dentistry and Daguer-
rean arts.
Sec. 8. That each and every male
citizen between tbe ages of twenty-one
and sixty yeara, shall be taxed annually
hereafter, twenty five cents.
Sec 9. That the receiver of tax re 1
tarns in each county shall receive all re
turns to him on tbe oaths of tbe persons
making them and at such valuation as
they may affix, and if any person shall
fail to make a retorn, or to affix a value,
the receiver shall make such valuation,
assess tbe tax thereon from tbe best in
formation in his power to obtain, aod in
case where no return is made or no val
nation made by tha persons returning,
he shall assess a doable tax.
See. 10. Tbat it shall be the doty of
the receiver to assess all real and person
al estate not returned, or oot assessed by
the person returning tbe same at tbe full
market value.
See. 11. That the receiver of tax re
turns shall require all persons to give in
each and every tract or parcel of land, he
or she may own, specifying its location,
quality, and tbo number of acres, it
Icdowd, aod tbe aggregate value, inclu
ding the value of tbe buildings, machine
ry, toil bridges or ferries on tbe same, a
classification of tbe personal estate sub
ject to taxation, as defined in the second
section of this act, specifying the number
of negro slaves and their aggregate val
ue, and the aggregate value of all other
chattels, moneys, debts doe or to become
dne from solvent debtors in whatsoever,
from end eaeh classification shall be en
tered in separate columns.
Soc. 12. That tbe Receivers of tax
returns throughout tbe State shall admin
ister to each and every person giving in
bis or her taxable property, tbe follow
ing oath, to wit: Yon do solemnly swear
(or affirm as the ease may be,) tbat the
amount of all taxable property which
you were possessed of, held or elaimed
an the first day of January last, or was
interested io or entitled unto, either in
your own right or in the right of any
other person or persons whatsoever, as
Parent, Guardian, Executor, Adminis
trator, Agent, or Trustee, or any other
manner whatever; end tbat it is not
worth more than the valnatioa yon have
affixed to it. to the beet of your knowl
edge aad belief-—so help yon God.
See. 13. That it shall be the dnty of
tbe several tax Receivers within this
State to take in all taxsbies herein before
enumerated, and enter tbe same in his
book or digest with the appraised value
thereof, following the classification speci
fied in the second and eleventh sections
of this net, and return a copy of the same
made oet in fair and legible head wri
ting, to the Comptroller General, and
one to tha Clerk of Ike Inferior Coart
aad tax coBoctor, on or before the foal
day of Jnly in each year, in whieh di
gest shall be carefully made out, an ab
stract, stating eaeh subject of Taxation,
the amount of aggregate value of each,
the another of acres of land, number of
slaves, polls, free parsons of color, pro
fessions, Ac.
See. 14. That when the Comptroller
General shall have received said digests
he is hereby required to examine the
same carefully, to detect any error or
errors therein contained, and having cor
rected the seme, if any shall be found to
exist, be shall then foot up each column
end ascertain the aggregate amount of
each of the digests, and report tbe same
to his Excellency the Governor, who
with the assistance of the Comptroller
shall assess such n rate per cent, no t ex
ceeding 11th of one per cent, on tbe en
tire amount of revenae corresponding to
the wants of the State, end notify tbe
several Tax Collectors throughout the
State of tbe rate per cent, ao imposed,
and the amount to be collectedd by him
in eaeh eonnty.
Sec. 15. That the amount so required
to be assessed and collected, shall not
exceed the sum of three hundred end
seventy-five thousand dollars annually.
Sec 16. That the amount of tax to
be paid annually to the State upon tbe
amount of real and personal estate taxa
ble under this act, shall be one-twelfth
of one per eent., which shall be levied
and accounted for according to the exist
ing law, together with the poll tax and
tax on practitioners of law, medicine,
free negroes, dentists, Dagoerrean artists.
Sec. 17. That it shall be the doty of
the Comptroller General, with the assis
tance of the Treasurer, after tbe returns
of tax have been made by the tax receiv
ers of the several counties in this State,
to make an estimate of the sum total of
taxes whieh will be raised under this act
according to tbe per cent, assessed, aod
if it sbonld appear tbat the sum total
should exeeed tbe amount of taxes re
quired by this act to be raised ; then the
Comptroller General shall issue bis circu
lar directing the tax collectors of this
State to make such deduction in an equal
ratio upon every thing taxed according
to value, as will reduce tbe earn total of
taxes, as nearly to tbo amoont required
hy this act to be raised, as is practicable
The Comptroller specifying the per cent
deduction necessary to be made.
Sec. 18. That tbe tax receivers and
collectors shall receive the same compen
sation now allowed by law.
Sec. 19. That to net the digest as
provided for in the 7th section of the act
of 1845. for the receivers, the default
list shall be deducted, and for the col
lectors tbe insolvent li-t shall be deduct
ed from tbe total amount of the digests,
aod that all taxes due and payable un
der any of tbe provisions of this act,
shall be paid in gold or silver, or in the
bills of specie paying Banks of this State.
See 20- That tbe fourth and fifth
sections of an aet passed the 22d day of
February, eighteen hundred and fifty, to
levy and collect a tax. for each of tbe po
litical years. 1850 and 1851, and there
after be, and tbe same are hereby con
tinued in full force and effect, saving ex
cepting 60 much of the fourth section as
in the following words to wit: not being
over sixty years of age, or valuolesas
from decrepitude or disease.
Sec 21. That nothing in this act shall
be so consented as to relieve Banks,
Railroads, or agencies of Foreign Banks
from any special tax heretofore as.-eised
on them or any of them.
Sec 22 Tbat all laws and parts of
laws militating against this aet, except
such parts of the tax acts now in force
in this State, as may be necessary to
carry out this act, and whieh are declared
in full force, be, and the same are here
by repealed.
How is it that tbe popular branch ia in
this ease the more conservative body ?
Capital Punishment.—In tbe Penn
sylvania Legislature, the bill abolishing
the death penalty, aud substituting im
priaooawDt of not lean than fifteen or
more than fifty years in lien thereof,
passed finally in the House on Thursday,
yess 46, nays 42.
Thu American Ar Urion.—Judge
Doer haa diaolved the injunction, so that
the Art Union is at liberty to proceed
with its drawing, but bn does oot pro-
nounee os the merits of tbo question
whether or oot it is s lottery in the eye
ofthe constitution. Thntsubject aray bo
hereafter derided, aod it should be with
oot defry-—New York Ohesrter.
Mr. Clat axd thr Goat—Almost
every body in Washington City remem*
ben an old be-goot which formerly in ha*
bited Naylor’s stable, ea Pennsylvania
Avenue. Tbia animal was, ia nil pro
bability. tho most independent citizen of
tbe metropolis; be belonged to no party,
though be frequently gave passengers
"striking” proofs of bis adhesion to tho
'‘levelling” principle ; for whenever a
person stopped anywhere in his vicinage,
Billy was sore to make at him boras and
all. The boys took delight in irritating
this long bearded gentleman, and fre
quently annoyed him ao. tbat he would
make against lamp posts and trees, to
their grant amusement.
One day tbe luminary of the West,
Heory Clay, was passing along tbe Av
enue,* and seeing the boys intent on wor
rying Billy into a fever, stopped, and
with his characteristic humanity, expos
tulated witb them on their cruelty. The
boys listened in silent awe to tbe elo
quent appeal of the great statesman; bat
it was all Cherokee to Billy, wbo—tho
ungrateful scamp—arose majestically orr
his bind legs, and made a desperate
plunge at his friend and advocate. Mr.-
Clay, although be bad not “slain a Mex
ican,” proved himself too much for bio
honied assailant; he seised bold of both
horns of the dilemma, and then "was tbe
tag of war”—for Greek bad met Greek.
The struggle was long and doubtful.
"Hah I” exclaimed the statesman, "I
have got yon fast, yon rascal! I’ll teach
yoa better manners. Bat boys,” con
tinued he, turning to tbe laughing urch
ins, "what shall l do now ?”
"Why! trip op his feet,, Mr. Clay,”
said they. Mr. Clay did as he was
told, and after many severe efforts bro’t
Billy down on his side. Here he looked
at the boys imploringly, seeming to say,
"I was never in sueb a fix before.”
The combatants were nearly exh
goaty had tbe advantage, for*
gaining breath all the while*
statesman was losing it.
"Boys,” exclaimed he, puffing and
blowing, “this is rather an awkward bu
siness. Wbat am 1 to do now ?”
"Why—don’t you know ?” said a lit
tle fellow, makiog preparations to ran as
be spoke—"all you’ve got to do is, to
let go and ran like blazea !”
Death or Bishop Hedoing.— 1 The
Be?. Elijah Hedding, Senior bishop of
tho Methodist Episcopal Church, died
at his residence in Poughkeepsie, New
York, on Friday evening. Be was the
senior of the five bishops of tbe M. E.
Churob, having entered the itinerant mi
nistry of tbat Churcb in 1801, and elect
ed Bishop in 1824. He died in tbe 72d
year of bis age. He was a man of un
obtrusive aod unaffected piety, zealous
in the discharge of bis duties, and highly
esteemed by tbe denomination of which
be has been for so many years a stand
ard bearer.
Methodist Church Case.—In the-
deeretof the U. ^lates.C'iCo:t'Gtav*r^»
relation to the Book Coneero, it will be
recollected a reference was ordered to
ascertain the value, and to enquire as to
tbe oumber of beneficiaries, Ac. Bishop
Smith, and other Commissioners of tho
Southern branch of the Chorcb, have
come on to New York, and tbe Confer
ence will probably proceed forthwith.
N. Y Express.
Fill Drad.—On Tuesday night last,
the dwelling of Mr. Martin Garbee, near
Eaton, Ohio, was destroyed by fire, to
gether with its contents. Tbe family
were absent at a wedding, and tbe origin
of tbe foe is unknown. Whilst con
templating tbe smouldering rains. Mr.
G-, a man of about 50 years of age, re
marked, "there is all I am worth,” and
fell down dead—Cleveland Herald.
Items.
ff Why is a young man hugging his
sweetheart like an epicure wbo permits
his wine to leak away ? Because be is
waisting what he loves. Tbe author of
this was sent to tbe Penitentiary on
Thursday.
ffg* There is a town in Ohio where
the people have lived so long on pork,
tbat they begin to contract some of its
habits. Whenever a neighbor dies, they
lay him out as they would a hog, with a
corncob in bis mouth.
The Alberti Kidnapping Case.—
Mr. Woif, chairman of the committee of
tbe Maryland Legislature, to whom the
subject was referred, has repotted a Be
rios of resolutions, tendering the thanks
of tbe State to Gov. Bigler for pardon
ing Alberti and Price, some time since
convicted of kidnapping, and proposing
to remunerate Alberti and Price for tbe
time they have lost io consequence of
such conviction.
ffa5" A correspondent of the Picayune
haa tbe following:
A few miles from Oakland, (Miss.)
Gen. Jackson once resided, and there
still lives a man who used to jnmp witb
him, and thus deride who should "stand
treat.” He spells the General's name
“Jsction.”
Serving Hog and Husband Auer.
A Western editor says: "Wesawawo-
man carrying • big hog home from mar
ket on Saturday upon her shoulder. For
tbe benefit of those who may think her
husband ought to have done it, we will
state, that she served him in tbe same
way a short time before.” u-—
Tbe House of Beqreseotntives of Ohjff The pirst Newspaper in Vi mini a—
have refused to pass the Besolntiofa Palmer's Register states, that the first
loaningthe arms of that State to Kossutq press in Virginia was imported by tbe
Letter op the Hon. Humphret
Marshall.—The Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser contains a letter from the
Hon. Humphrey Marshall, member of
the Hoose of Representatives from tbe
Louisville (Ky.) district, nrging the
nomination of Mr. Fillmore for tbe Pre
sidency. After stating that be made it
a point, daring his canvass for a seat in
Congress, to ascertain public opinion in
his district in regard to Mr. Fillmore
and Gen. Scott, be says:
"I assure yon there was not a corpo
ral's guard for Gen. Scott in my whole
congressional distriet; and, had tbe vote
ben been taken, my opinion is he would
not have commanded, as against Mr.
Fillmore, two bnndred in tbe seven
thousand whig votes of the district. I
am assured by my correspondence that
there is no material ehange in tbe views
of the people.”
The sentimeat of his district, Mr. M.
says, is a true reflex of tbe aentupent of
tbe whole State, aad he adds:
"As to General Scott, it is not a fit
time to say more than tbia : In his pre
sent position he cannot obtain tbe vote
of Kentucky any more than be ean com
mand tbe power of heaven. What ef
fects a change of bis position at this Into
day wonld prodace, will be more accu
rately determined when tbe new posi
tion shall be taken. This determina
tion on the part of onr whigs ia not tbo
result of prejndiee against Gen. Scott.
I an sure no such feelings inhabit my
bosom.”
city of Willinassborg in 1780 Tbe pri
ces of ad vert fring and subscriptions of
linn# times, are thus stated in the fol
lowing extract from the terms of the pa
per, contained io its first issue :
"All persons may bn supplied witb
this paper at fifty dollars a jeer, aad
have advertisements (of n moderate
length) inserted for ten dollars tbe first
week , aad seven dollars lor each week
It should bo reeolleetsd ton, that this
was a weakly paper, making tbe eost to
subscribers about 96 eeuta a number.
■ o - —
Mr. Clay completed on Sunday last tbo
76th year of his age. His birth day wag
esiobiutod a* No* York by a banquet.